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Venn Ottery

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"VEN-OTTERY, or Fen Ottery, a small village and parish on the west side of the Otter valley, three miles S. by W. of Ottery St. Mary, has only 134 souls, and about 1200 acres of land, belonging to Mr. Thos. Yelverton, Mr. J.R. Taylor, the trustees of the late Lord Rolle, and a few smaller owners. The manor was anciently held by the Furneaux family. The Church (St. Gregory,) has a tower and three bells, and is an ancient structure, except the chancel, which was rebuilt in 1832. The vicarage is consolidated with that at Harpford . . . and was endowed with the great tithes by R. Duke, Esq. The glebe is ten acres, and the tithes were commuted in 1840 for £290 per annum." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]

A parish in East Budleigh Hundred, and the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Exeter.

Cemeteries

MIs for this parish are included in the Incledon index - see under Cemeteries on the main Devon page.

The Churches of Harpford and Fen Ottery, Devon, with a list of the vicars. (n.d.) [Westcountry Studies Library]

Churches

Anglican
St Gregory, Venn Ottery, Church of England

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Church Records

Parish Registers going back to 1587 are held in the Devon Record Office.

Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1587 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.

The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1839, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.

Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1596-1837, and Marriages 1591-1837.

Dickinson, F.B. The early register of the parish of Fen Ottery, 1596-1680. Trans. Devon Assoc. (1901) xxxiii, pp336-362. [Transcript - contains Baptisms 1506-1680, Marriages 1591-1680, and Burials 1587-1680]

The Deanery of Aylesbeare: An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Aylesbeare, Bicton, Branscombe, Broadclyst, Clyst Honiton, Clyst St.George, Clyst St.Mary, Colaton Raleigh, East Budleigh, Farringdon, Harpford, Huxham, Littleham, Lympstone, Otterton, Ottery St. Mary, Pinhoe, Poltimore, Rockbeare, Salcombe Regis, Sidbury, Sidmouth, Sowton, Stoke Canon, Topsham, Venn Ottery, Whimple, Withycombe Raleigh and Woodbury. With photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850 and Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of England 1844, CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2012). [Aylesbeare Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Bicton Bapt: 1813-1843, Mar: 1755-1835, Bur: 1813-1852, Bur: 1725-1845 (BTs); Branscombe Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1545-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Broadclyst Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Clyst Honiton Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1813-1837; Clyst St. George Bapt: 1813-1837, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Clyst St. Mary Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1756-1840, Bur: 1813-1837; Colaton Raleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; East Budleigh Bapt: 1813-1841, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; East Budleigh Salem Chapel, Bur: 1832-1837; Farringdon Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1813-1852; Glenorchy Independent Exmouth, Bur: 1784-1818; Harpford Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1809-1837; Huxham Bapt: 1813-1852, Mar: 1758-1836, Bur: 1813-1864; Littleham (near Exmouth) Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Lympstone Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1813-1837; Otterton Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Ottery St. Mary Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Pinhoe Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1844, Bur: 1813-1838; Poltimore Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Rockbeare Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Salcombe Regis Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Sidbury Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1830, Bur: 1813-1837; Sidmouth Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Sowton Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1800-1837; Stoke Canon Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Topsham Bapt: 1813-1840, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Venn Ottery Bapt: 1813-1841, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Whimple Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1836, Bur: 1813-1837; Withycombe Raleigh Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1755-1837, Bur: 1813-1837; Woodbury Bapt: 1813-1839, Mar: 1754-1837, Bur: 1813-1837.]

Description and Travel

Section on Venn Ottery from Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831), provided by Mel Lockie.

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Genealogy

The Online Parish Clerk scheme's representative for this parish is Lyn Coles. (Resources: Baptisms 1596-1912; Marriages/Banns 1591-1912; Burials 1587-1912.)

Hamlyn, William. The Furneaux family, London: Hammett & Co. [1920]. [Raymond: Of Fenottery, Devon, Ashington, Somerset, etc. medieval-19th c.]

Skinner, A.J.P. Ayer of Fen Ottery. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 9:2, (1916) pp.37-43, and 9:3, (1916) pp.93-95. [Index]

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Probate Records

Skinner, A.J.P. Wills: John Marshall of Venottery, Co. Devon gent (1671). Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. IX, (January 1916 to January 1917), p. 41. [Transcript]

Skinner, A.J.P. Wills: Marshall Ayre of Venottery, Co. Devon gent (1708). Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. IX, (January 1916 to January 1917), pp. 41-42. [Transcript]

Skinner, A.J.P. Wills: Marshall Ayre of Venottery, Co. Devon gent (1720). Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. IX, (January 1916 to January 1917), p. 42. [Transcript]